56048 passes Preston Boats (near Upton Magna) in the drizzle and the gloom on 6 June 1998 with the Pathfinder Tours 1Z28 05:50 Exeter St Davids to Liverpool Lime Street 'Mersey-Dee' railtour. There were two different Class 56s scheduled for use on this tour, but in the event three were used, as although 56048 behaved itself, 56047, which was to work the train back from Liverpool to Bristol, suffered low power en-route, and 56095 had to be added at Bescot.